I call on the living, lament the dead, shatter the lightning.
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Shatter
//ˈʃæt.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "shatter" (123 found)
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108 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκεδάννυμι verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отломки noun (a fragment of anything shattered)
- разбивам verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- раздробявам verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- разтрошавам verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Catalan
2 entries- esmicolar verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- esmicolar-se verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 使破碎 verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- 使碎裂 verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- 粉碎 verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Dutch
3 entries- aan diggelen slaan verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- verbrijzelen verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- verbrijzelen verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Egyptian
2 entries- gm-m-gm-m-Z9 verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- gm-m-gm-m-Z9 verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Esperanto
1 entries- frakasi verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Finnish
4 entries- pirstoa verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- pirstoutua verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- rikkoa verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- rikkoutua verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
French
4 entries- briser verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- fracasser verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- mettre en pièces verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- réduire en miettes verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Galician
4 entries- esborrefar verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- esbroar verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- esfarelar verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- esfargallar verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Georgian
2 entries- მსხვრევა verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- მსხვრევა verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
German
4 entries- Kiefernnadel noun (a (pine) needle)
- Nadel noun (a (pine) needle)
- Splitter noun (a fragment of anything shattered)
- Stückchen noun (a fragment of anything shattered)
Greek
4 entries- θρυμματίζω verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- καταργώ verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- καταστρέφω verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- κατατρίβω verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Italian
4 entries- andare in frantumi verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- fracassare verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- frantumare verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- sbriciolarsi verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
K'iche'
2 entries- k'ajik verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- k'ajixik verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Kazakh
2 entries- быт-шыт қылу verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- талқандау verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Latin
2 entries- comminuō verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- frangō verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Māori
1 entries- pākarukaru verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پارچهلانمق verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Persian
1 entries- کراشیدن verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- tweibräakjen verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Portuguese
4 entries- caco noun (a fragment of anything shattered)
- estilhaço noun (a fragment of anything shattered)
- estilhaçar verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- estilhaçar verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Quechua
2 entries- thuñiy verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- thuñiy verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Russian
4 entries- разби́ть verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- разби́ться verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- разбива́ть verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- разбива́ться verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रुजति verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- smrskati verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- smrskati verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Spanish
4 entries- astillar verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- astillarse verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- cachar verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- cachar[se] verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Swahili
1 entries- kuvunja verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Swedish
4 entries- krasa verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- krascha verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
- krossa verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- krossa verb (to smash, or break into tiny pieces)
Ukrainian
3 entries- розтро́щувати verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- розтрощи́ти verb (to violently break something into pieces)
- трощи́ти verb (to violently break something into pieces)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
Freedom Oh yes freedom from everything. From the memories that possess us. From the guts that know what they know. Because of these wounds that chain us to the pit, and the shouts of wings that shatter us.
Source: tatoeba (2474724)
A woman did not magically appear on a space shuttle. It took Sally Ride’s relentless commitment, Mae Jemison’s boundless courage to shatter that glass ceiling.
Source: tatoeba (5215504)
I feel so dizzy to lose all of this, so giddy to shatter all of this!
Source: tatoeba (9726726)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.